Circle-swing.



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CIRCLE SWING.

APPucATloN FILED ocT. 23. 191e.

Patented May 8, 191? :LUTHER SCOTT, F G it ll' VE, IOWA, ASSEGNO@ OFONE-HALF T0 MAY CONNER,

@F GMDEN GRUVE, IOWA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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' .Application led October 28, 1918. Serial No. 127,261.

To all 'whom it may concern." Be it known that I, LUTHER SCOTT, a c1t1-zen Aof the Unitedv States, and resident of Garden Grove, in the countyof Decatur and State of Iowa, have invented a certain new and usefulCircle-Swing, of which the following is a specication.

The object of my invention is to provide a circle swing of simple,durable and mexpensive construction.

A further object is to provide a circle swing having a support and aplurality of -seats adapted to rotate around the support, the Partsbeing so constructed and arranged that the seats may be vraised orlowered with relation to the support A further object is to provide sucha device having means whereby a child Vsitting in one of the seats maycause the swing'seats to rotate.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combinationof the various parts ofthe device, whereby the objects contemplated areattained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claim,and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 shows a top or plan view of a circle swing embodyin myinvention.

Fig. 2 is a horizonta sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 3 shows a vertical, sectional taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 4 shows a side elevation vof my improved circle swing.

ln the accompanying drawings l have used the reference numeral 10 toindicate generally a base or standard having in its central portion asocket 1,1 in which is supported an upright 12 preferably in the form ofallollow tube having onits upper end a ca lidably mounted on the upright12 is a view,

collar or block v14, which is adjustably se' cured to the-upright 12 in.a varieghof positions b means of a-set screw 15. e upper part othecollar 14 is beveled at 16 to form a portion of a ball race.

Above the collar 14 on the upright 12 and spaced therefrom, is a sleeve17. On the lower part of the sleeve 17 is a ball race member 18, andbetween the ball racemembers 18 and 16 are balls 19.

Mounted on the sleeve 17 above the ballrace member` 18 i's^a collar 21having extending outwardly therefrom a plurality of flanges or bars 22.Bolted or otherwise detachably mounted on the Hang'es 22 are the backsof seats 23.

Resting above the sleeve 17 is a ball race 24 in which are balls 24a,above which ball race is a cover cap 25 having a downwardly extendingannular ange 26 extending downwardly over the upper end of the sleeve27a. The cover cap 25 and flange 26 form a collar, and extendingoutwardly from the flange 26 are flanges or bars 27 similar to theflanges 22 and similarly secured to the backs of the seats 23.

Rotatably mounted on the support 12 and resting upon the cover cap 25 1s'a lever 28. At the inner end of the lever 28 is a yoke formed of anupward extension 29 and an arm 30 extending from the extension 20 to theupright 12, and rotatably mounted on said upright in a position spacedfrom the body portion of the lever 28 which is mounted on the upright.Pivotally mounted between the body portion of the lever and the arm 30is a pawl 31.

Mounted on the upright 12 between the arm 30 and the body of the lever28 is 'a ratchet 32 having a lug 33 extending vinto a verticallyelongated slot 34 in the upright 12, whereby the ratchet .32 is heldagainst rotation, but is permitted to slide vertically with relation tosaid upright. A spring 35 secured to the lever 28 normally yleldinglyholds the pawl 31 in engagement with the ratchet 32.

In the practical use of my improved circle swing the parts are assembledin the positions hereinbefore described andas shown in the drawings,whereupon a child sitting in one of the seats 23 may pull on the handleor lever 28, thereby swinging the seats around the support 12. rllhehandle 28 will swing readily with the seats so that the child cannot behurt.

One of the important features of my invention lies in the fact that byloosening the screw 15 and raising the seats and again fastening thescrew 15, the height of the seats 23 with relation to the ground may beadjusted for children of tion and arrangement of the parts, and it is myintention to cover by this application and the patent to be issuedthereon, any such modifications of structure or the use4 of mechanicalequivalents as may be included Within the scope of my claim.

I claim as my invention:

A circle swing comprising an upright support, a plurality of seatsmounted for `rotation on said support, means for adjustably supportingsaid seats at different heights on said support, said 'upright having avertically elongated slot, a ratchet on said upright, having a lugprojecting into 'said slot, a handle rotatably mounted on said support,said ratchet being operatively mounted with relation to said handle, anda paWl pivoted to said handle and designed to coact with saidy ratchet.4

Des Moines, Iowa, October 12, 1916.

LUTHER SCOTT.

